7 Die in Turkish Battle
<i> Reuters</i>
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey —
Six rebel Kurds and one Turkish soldier were killed in a clash in southeastern Turkey, officials said Sunday. The battle between a military patrol and rebels of the separatist Marxist Kurdish Workers Party lasted several hours on Saturday near Sirnak, 25 miles north of the Iraqi border, they said.
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